The utility of high-flow nasal oxygen for severe COVID-19 pneumonia in a resource-constrained setting: A multi-centre prospective observational study

Background: The utility of heated and humidified high-flow nasal oxygen (HFNO) for severe COVID-19-related hypoxaemic respiratory failure (HRF), particularly in settings with limited access to intensive care unit (ICU) resources, remains unclear, and predictors of outcome have been poorly studied. M...

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Main Authors: Gregory L. Calligaro, Usha Lalla, Gordon Audley, Phindile Gina, Malcolm G. Miller, Marc Mendelson, Sipho Dlamini, Sean Wasserman, Graeme Meintjes, Jonathan Peter, Dion Levin, Joel A. Dave, Ntobeko Ntusi, Stuart Meier, Francesca Little, Desiree L. Moodley, Elizabeth H. Louw, Andre Nortje, Arifa Parker, Jantjie J. Taljaard, Brian W. Allwood, Keertan Dheda, Coenraad F.N. Koegelenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-11-01
Series:EClinicalMedicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258953702030314X